Champagne, a province in the Kingdom of France, is better known as the Champagne wine region for sparkling white wine. In the High Middle Ages, the province was famous for the Champagne fairs, which were very important in the economy of Western societies. The County of Champagne descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia and was passed to the French crown in 1314. <\/span><\/span><\/span> ","The former county of Flanders, which was located on the North Sea and was often linked to both Belgium and the Netherlands, provided Britain with a large number of immigrants during the medieval period. ","Normandy<\/strong> is the northernmost region of France and it makes up 30,627 square kilometers (11,825 square miles) of the country. Approximately five percent of France's population lives in Normandy and they are known as the Norman people","England<\/strong> is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Many of our last names in use today, cannot be found before the 17th and 18th century since the majority of them were changed. By example, the famed William Shakespeare,<\/b> spelt his last name, Shakespeare, Shakespere, Shakespear, Shakspere, and Shaxspere.<\/em>","The Hundred Rolls, Hundredorum Rolls<\/strong> or Rotuli Hundredorum<\/strong> was a census of England and Wales often referred to the year 1273, but were actually taken from 1255-1284. These rolls are often referred to as the second Domesday Book.","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz<\/strong> aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia<\/strong> in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Lincolnshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Dammpier","sU":"DAMPIER","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/DAMPIER\/EN\/Dammpier\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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